What’s Your Game Plan for Life?

Once you have your Ideal Life concept articulated and you can confirm with some confidence where it is that you want to go, a Grand Plan will help you connect the dots between where you are now and your Ideal Life. The most important thing to do is, to the best of your ability, determine what the critical steps or benchmarks are to get from here to there. Write the steps down, then add a series of intermediary steps in between along with “time to completion” estimates.

Ideal Life Component/Category: Chose an area of your Ideal Life that you want to focus on (career, finances, personal development, health, relationships, etc.)

Status Today: Include a brief description of your current situation or where you’re starting from at this exact moment in time, in this particular category.

Major Benchmarks: Write out the major benchmarks that would form a logical path to lead you to achieving your ideal situation.

Intermediate Action Steps: Work out your first set of intermediate steps that can lead you to connect one benchmark to the next.

Estimated Time: Estimate how long it should take you to complete each action step. Commit to a reasonable timeline.

Ideal Life Realization: Lastly, finish off the exercise with a little reminder of what you’re working towards in the first place. What will signify for you that you’ve achieved your ideal situation or goal?